Defence of physicist Danilov appealed to Strasburg court
Lawyers of thermal physicist Valentin Danilov, sentenced in November 2004 for high treason in favour of China, lodged a complaint to European court of human rights protection in Strasburg.
The lawyer Anna Stavitskaya, who represents interests of Danilov, insists that rights of Danilov were violated by 4 articles of European convention of human rights. The matter concerns articles 5, 6, 7 and 10, which guarantee the right on freedom and security of a person; the right on fair court examination; punishment based only on law; the right on freedom of opinion expression.
According to conviction, Danilov handed information about Russian spacecrafts` protection systems from solar radiation to All-Chinese import-export company of precise mechanical engineering and Chinese Academy of space technologies. Moreover, physicist is accused of misappropriation of 466 thousands rubles, which belonged to Krasnoyarsk State University.
Danilov doesn`t admit the guilt, stating that he worked according to official contract, concluded between Krasnoyarsk University and Chinese side.
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